ALBANY – State court administrators have filed rules to establish the first New York City-wide caseload limits for attorneys who provide services to indigent criminal defendants.

When fully implemented on April 1, 2014, the rules will set annual caseloads at no more than 400 misdemeanors or 150 felonies in a 12-month period, with felonies representing the equivalent of 2.66 misdemeanors in mixed caseloads.